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Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories

Michael Butter, Peter Knight (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), xx, 680 pp.
"Taking a global and interdisciplinary approach, the Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories provides a comprehensive overview of conspiracy theories as an important social, cultural and political phenomenon in contemporary life. This handbook provides the most complete analysis of the phenomenon ... more
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What Works to Prevent Online and Offline Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse? Review of National Education Strategies in East Asia and the Pacific
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Ann Kangas, Harri Lee, Jenny Holden, Erika Fraser
Bangkok: UNICEF (2020), viii, 63 pp.
"The review found that while there is a growing global body of evidence around effective education programming to prevent child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA), much of the available evidence is from high income countries (HICs) and largely focuses on programmes which address offline rather tha ... more
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Television and the Afghan Culture Wars

Wazhmah Osman
Urbana: University of Illinois Press (2020), 288 pp.
"Fieldwork from across Afghanistan allowed Osman to record the voices of Afghan media producers and people from all sectors of society. In this moving work, Afghans offer their own seldom-heard views on the country's cultural progress and belief systems, their understandings of themselves, and the r ... more
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National Environmental Education and Communication Strategy for the Protected Areas System in Mongolia

Manfred Oepen
ACT Assist; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2020), 24 pp.
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The Role of Social Media in Fomenting Violence: Myanmar

Victoire Rio
Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2020), 20 pp.
"Myanmar was originally portrayed as an internet success story. Connected in a matter of months after five decades of military dictatorship, Myanmar people were supposed to be able to communicate freely, access unimpeded information online, experience the benefits of a range of compelling and empowe ... more
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Strategies and (survival) Tactics: The Case of Syrian Oppositional Media in Turkey

Yazan Badran
Journal of Alternative and Community Media, volume 5, issue 1 (2020), pp. 69-85
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Identities Experiencing the Internet: Nepal Survey Report

Shubha Kayastha, Mamata Pokharel
Body & Data (2020), 39 pp.
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Combating Bullets With a Pen: The Importance of Free Media and the Safety of Journalists for Building a Public Sphere for Democracy in Pakistan

Fahad Mahmood
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Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2020), pp. 54-71
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Social Media Monitoring April–May 2020

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Bangladesh Right to Information (RTI) Survey 2019

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"The Right to Information (RTI) Survey was conducted between January and March of 2019. The survey was split into five segments: a) a survey among 768 Designated Officers (DOs) in 64 districts, b) a survey among 768 Heads of Office covering both government and non-government organizations (NGOs) in ... more
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Postcolonial Hangups in Southeast Asian Cinema: Poetics of Space, Sound, and Stability

Gerald Sim
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Philippines: Initiative for Media Freedom

Internews (2020), 2 pp.
"The Initiative for Media Freedom (IMF) is a five-year program implemented by Internews and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with the support of the American people. Internews and its partners work collaboratively to enhance democratic governance that provides ... more
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The Contagion of Hate in India

Laxmi Murthy
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2020), 23 pp.
"This paper attempts to understand the phenomenon of hate speech and its potential to legitimise discrimination and promote violence against its targets. It lays out the interconnections between Islamophobia, hate speech and acts of physical violence against Muslims. The role of social media, especi ... more
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The Afterlife of Colonial Radio in Christian Missionary Broadcasting of the Philippines

Russel P. Skelchy
South East Asia Research, volume 28, issue 3 (2020), pp. 344-362
"The article explores Christian missionary radio broadcasting as part of a wider sonic colonization of the Philippines under US colonial rule. Specifically, I explore how some post-Second World War faith-based broadcasters shaped the listening practices of Filipino audiences through programming tact ... more
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The Routledge Handbook of Mass Media Ethics

Lee Wilkins, Clifford G. Christians (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2020), xv, 534 pp.
"This fully updated second edition of the popular handbook provides an exploration of thinking on media ethics, bringing together the intellectual history of global mass media ethics over the past 40 years, summarising existing research and setting future agenda grounded in philosophy and social sci ... more
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Murders, Harassment and Assault: The Tough Wages of Journalism in Pakistan. Pakistan Press Freedom Report 2019-20

Freedom Network (2020), 15 pp.
"At least 91 cases of attacks and violations against media and its practitioners, including journalists, took place in Pakistan over the course of one year — between May 2019 and April 2020 — signifying a worryingly escalating climate of intimidation and harassment that is adversely affecting th ... more
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Media, Indigeneity and Nation in South Asia

Markus Schleiter, Erik de Maaker (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), xiv, 281 pp.
"How do videos, movies and documentaries dedicated to indigenous communities transform the media landscape of South Asia? Based on extensive original research, this book examines how in South Asia popular music videos, activist political clips, movies and documentaries about, by and for indigenous c ... more
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DEF’s Covid-19 Relief Initiatives as a Digitally-Enabled Humanitarian Organisation

Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) (2020), 42 pp.
"Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) launched the Digital Emergency Relief Programme through its Community Information Resource Centers (CIRC) across 600+ locations in India who have been rigorously responding to the crisis by reaching out to the most vulnerable communities. The CIRC centres with t ... more
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Digital Hinduism

Xenia Zeiler (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), 283 pp.
"Digital Religion does not simply refer to religion as it is carried out online, but more broadly studies how digital media interrelate with religious practice and belief. This collection explores Digital Hinduism and consequentially studies how Hinduism is expressed in the digital sphere and how Hi ... more